• a real family heirloom

• it's like part of the family

• for several generations.

• a collector's item

• wide of the mark

• less concerned about economics

• language learning

• over a period

• It is certainly true

• Extremely useful

• Essential tool

• In all areas

• Replace teachers completely

• grown up with it

• grandfather clock

• 2 meters tall

• Passed down=handed down

• Might have been

• A decorative feature

• Functional

• modern society

• t seems to be too materialistic

• . is a victim of consumer culture.

• bombarded with advertising

• perfectly functional.

• even an addiction

• dominated the contest .

• were notable exceptions to the trend .almost double the amount that any previous winner had eaten.

• Contestant.

• reigned as hot dog eating champion

• took hot dog eating to new heights .

• in the allotted 15 minutes.

- a large wooden cabinet which houses the machinery of the clock 

- chimes on the hours

-the proportion of the population

- what constitutes the good life?

- merely to acquire greater wealth

-the financial system crashed

-takes such questions head-on

-as he envisioned

-our wants have seemingly gone unsatisfied

-was mistaken

-arguing from the premise

- economics is a moral science

- from Aristotle to the present

-strayed from the ideal

- a call to think anew

- undiscovered material

- however romantic it may seem

Verbs and phrases:

To win a contest

To dominate the contest

To have notable exceptions 

To double the amount

To take something to the new heights

To reign 

To criticize someone/something

To focus too much on something

To agree with something to some extent

To progress smoothly 

To unravel a mystery

Passive forms:

To be held by

To be kept on a lead 

To be persuaded to / may be persuaded to purchase

To be bombarded with advertising 

To be seen as a / This could be seen as a demonstration that

Nouns:

Dominance 

Eating Contest=competition 

Height 

Possessions= items=things

An addiction

Some adverbs:

Collectively

Seemingly

Surreptitiously 

Roughly 

Evenly 

Adjective:

Noticeable point 

Materialistic 

Functional device

Applicable way

Obsessive consumers 

Novel ideas

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